Government of Karnataka WORKING PLAN FOR BANGALORE URBAN FOREST DIVISION Approved by Govt. of India, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Regional Office South Block, Bangalore vide their letter No: F (C) A/11. 6/182 /WP/KAR dated: 29th August 2002. And sanctioned by Government of Karnataka Vide their G.O.No. FEE 32 FAP 2002, Bangalore dated:21-09-2002 for the period - 2002-03 to 2011-12. By RANGE GOWDA I.F.S., DEPUTY CONSERVATOR OF FORESTS, WORKING PLAN AND SURVEY, CHIKMAGALUR. Published in ;2003 Published by : Karnataka Forest Department Aranya Bhavan, 7th Foor, BANGALORE. 560 003. Published in : Feb- 2003 Copy right : Karnataka Forest Department Aranya Bhavan, 7th Foor, BANGALORE. 560 003. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA Telegram: PARYAVARAN, BANGALORE. MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS Regional Office (Southern Zone) Kendriya Sadan, IVth Floor, E & F Wings, 17th Main Road, II Block, Koramangala, Bangalore – 560 034. No.F (C) A/11.6/182/WP/KAR TO: The Principal Secretary to Government of Karnataka Forest, Environment and Ecology Department M.S. Building , Dr. Ambedkar Veedhi, Bangalore-560 001. Subject: Approval of working plan of Bangalore Urban Forest Division – reg. Reference: State Govt's Letter No. FEE. 32 FAP 2002dated: 20-7-2002. Sir, Kindly refer to the subject and reference cited above. I am directed to inform you that the revised draft working plan of Bangalore Urban forest division for the period 2002-2003 to 2011-2012 received from State Government vide letter referred to above has been examined with reference to the provisions of Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and National Forest Policy, 1988. After careful consideration, I am to convey the Central Government’s approval to the working plan of Bangalore Urban Forest Division for the period 2002-2003 to 2011- 2012 under Section: 2’ of Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 subject to the following conditions: (i) The felling of trees in areas having slope more than 30 degree and along the bank of river/streams shall not be undertaken. (ii) The construction of new roads in forest area shall not be taken up for the purpose of extraction of timber etc. (iii) The Fire protection measures shall be taken up annually and adequate funds for the purpose shall be made available by State Government. (iv) It may be ensured that no non-forestry activity is permitted/taken up in forest area in violation of the provisions of Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. I (v) In case the regeneration works in the area worked in a year are not taken up in the subsequent year then felling of trees in forest area shall not be undertaken unless facts are apprised to Central Government and concurrence is obtained for taking up felling operations as per the working plan prescriptions. (vi) The standing instructions issued by the Hon’ble Supreme Court from time to time in W.P. No.202/95 as well as similar writ petitions shall meticulously be followed. (vii) The case details of forest lands diverted under Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 shall be incorporated in Section 10 of the plan. It may please be ensured that provisions of Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and guidelines issued thereunder are strictly followed while implementing working plan prescriptions. The Central Government reserves the right to review, modify or withdraw this approval if any of the conditions of approval are not implemented or amendment to plan is necessitated keeping in view the provisions of Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, guidelines issued there under or general instructions issued by Central Government for scientific management of forests. The working plan will be due for revision in the year 2012-2013 and timely steps may please be initiated for revision of working plan. The modified copy of the working plan incorporating the condition No. (vii) be arded to this office at the earliest. Yours faithfully, (D. SUDHAKAR) Dy. Conservator of Forests (C ) II PROCEEDINGS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA Sub: Approval of Working Plan of Bangalore Urban Forest Division-regarding. READ: 1) Correspondence ending with the Chief Conservator of Forests (Working Plan) Letter No: A1/The Chief Conservator of Forests/ WP Bangalore (U) 2001-2002, dated: 04-7-2002. 2) Letter No: F (C) A/11.6/182/WP/KAR dated: 29-08-2002, of the Ministry of Environment and Forests Government of India. PREAMBLE: 1) The Government of Karnataka vide letter No. FEE 32 FAP 2002, dated: 20-07-2002 has submitted the revised draft working plan for Bangalore Urban Forest division for the period 2002-2003 to 2011-2012 after incorporating the modification proposed in the discussion held by the committee on 27-05-2002 to the Government of India for approval. 2) The Government of India in their letter dated: 29-08-2002 referred at (2) above after examining with reference to the provisions of the Forest Conservation Act 1980 and National Forest Policy 1988, have accorded approval to the working plan of Bangalore Urban Forest division for the period 2002-03 to 2011-2012 subject to certain conditions as specified in their letter. Hence, the following order. GOVERNMENT ORDER NO.FEE 32 FAP 2002, BANGALORE, DATED:21-09-2002 3) Sanction is accorded for the working plan of Bangalore Urban Forest Division for the period 2002-2003 to 2011-2012 under Section (2) of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 subject to the following conditions:- i) The felling of trees in areas having slope more than 30 degree and along the bank of river/streams shall not be undertaken. ii) The construction of new roads in forest area shall not be taken up for the purpose of extraction of timber etc., iii) The fire protection measures shall be taken up annually and adequate funds for the purpose shall be made available by State Government.. iv) It may be ensured that no non-forestry activity is permitted taken up in forest area in violation of the provisions of Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. v) In case the regeneration works in the area worked in a year are not taken up in the subsequent year then felling of trees in forest area shall not be undertaken unless facts are apprised to Central Government and Concurrence is obtained for taking up felling operations as per the working plan prescriptions. III vi) The standing instructions issued by the Hon’ble Supreme Court from time to time in W.P. No.202/95 as well as similar writ petitions shall meticulously be followed. vii) The lease details of forest lands and diverted under forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 shall be incorporat4ed in Section 10 of the plan. 4) It shall be ensured that provisions of Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and guidelines issued there under are strictly followed while implementing working plan prescriptions. The Central Government reserves the right to review, modify or withdraw this approval if any of the conditions of approval are not implanted or amendment to plan is necessitated keeping in view the provisions of Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 guidelines issued there under or general instructions issued by central Government for scientific management of forests. 5) The working plan will be due for revision in the year 2012-2013 and timely steps shall be initiated for revision of working plan. The modified copy of the working plan incorporating are condition No.(ii) above shall be furnished to Government of India at the earliest. BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF KARNATAKA, Sd/- (K.N. GAYATHRI), Under Secretary to Government, Forest, Environment and Ecology Department. IV ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Working plans play a singular role in defining the forest policy of a land. It forms a prototype upon which the models of programmes and policies are built. Therefore working plans are essential to direct the state forest policy for the welfare of the forests vis –a- vis the State. In this background, I happily took up the responsibility of drafting Working Plan for the Bangalore urban division, during the year 2001. This draft plan has been done after studying all aspects statistics collected by this division and by using the information and statistics supplied by division administration. I sincerely thank to the following personalities who have contributed ideas, information and valuable help in various ways in formulating this working plan I thank Dr. S.N Rai IFS, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (EWPRT) for his valuable guidance and sharing of his valuable knowledge. My thanks are also due to Mr. Dipak Sarmah, IFS, and S. Nagaraja IFS, Chief Conservators of Forests (Working Plans, Research and Training), for their un-stinted support in preparing this plan. I thank Sri D.Sudhakar IFS, Conservator of forest (Central) and Sri K.S.P.V.Pavan Kumar IFS, Deputy conservator of forests for giving their invaluable suggestions during final discussion of the plan. I sincerely thank Sri. Kanwarpal IFS, Conservator of forests Bangalore circle and Vijay Kumar Gogi IFS, the Deputy Conservator of Forests Bangalore Urban forest division, for their continued help in preparing this plan. I thank Bangalore urban division team consisting of Sri Nisar Ahmed, Iqbal Pasha, Jayaramaiah Assistant Conservators of Forests, and Sri. H. Chinnappaiah, R. Suresh, S.T. Shivanand, Puttaswamy, B.N. Ramalinge Gowda Range forest officers, who were helpful in collecting preliminary data of the division and the help they had given in preparing this Plan in a short time. I express my heartfelt thanks to Sriyuthas, Sri.D.S.Dharmapal ACF, and K.S.Sheshadri. ACF, Lakkanna, S.R.Bokari, P.Nagarajappa, Usman Khan, Krisnappa, Range Forest Officers, D.L Patil, draftsman, K.B Sharanappa, Surveyor, Superintendent Smt. Seethamma, M.Sathish Kumar, M.P. Parvathamma, the office staff and J.